I think it is time for a little review of where we are. I do not quite understand the process of a grand bargain in which there are alleged core elements of it that are inviolate. that cannot be touched. and then see amendment after amendment. such as confidentiality. that undermine the ability of the earned legalization process and others that ultimately seem to undermine the efforts of what I thought was that grand bargain. and yet dont seem to disrupt the apple cart. Yet when amendments such as the family reunification amendment I offered last night. the one that Senator DODD is offering now. when they are raised: Oh. this will be a deal killer. This bill has become more punitive. It has become more onerous. It has become more impossible to achieve comprehensive immigration reform with every amendment that has passed. It has moved increasingly to the right in the processon confidentiality. on Social Security. on earnedincome tax credit. on incarceration. on visa revocation. The list goes on and on. Yet the grand bargainers dont seem to be affected by those.
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